Campaign 2014 Letter: The lawless invasion of Mass., America

Wednesday

Jul 2, 2014 at 3:16 PM

We have lately seen photos and reports from the U.S.-Mexico border, eyewitness reports from sheriffs and border patrol agents and their union spokesmen and the humanitarian crises that have been caused by an overwhelming and coordinated assault on America.

We have lately seen photos and reports from the U.S.-Mexico border, eyewitness reports from sheriffs and border patrol agents and their union spokesmen and the humanitarian crises that have been caused by an overwhelming and coordinated assault on America.

We have learned in major press reports that the Department of Homeland Security solicited bids in January for the housing and care of 65,000 unaccompanied minor illegal immigrants. This plan has been in the works for some time.

It seems incredible to me, but a major broadcast television station in Boston confirmed in June that the United States Air Force Base at Hanscom Field received five plane loads of illegal immigrants, women and children, who had been collected in federal facilities in our southern border states for the purpose of dumping them here in the commonwealth. An additional planeload was diverted to Logan Airport.

This aiding and abetting of criminal lawbreakers makes us less safe and subverts the rule of law for all of us. It further erodes our trust in government. It costs money; we already spend an estimated $1.8 billion annually on social programs for illegal aliens here in the Bay State.

And it spits in the face of legal immigrants like my beautiful wife of 38 years, Zita Pestana Rosa, from Madeira, Portugal.

Who is speaking out for Americans? Not the Democrats. My opponent, Marc Pacheco, has been silent about this invasion.

So I now challenge Pacheco: Do you support this illegal invasion of our country and our state? If not, why have you been silent? If so, what are you doing to fight it?

It must end, and as your next state senator, I will fight to uncover the culprits, punish the guilty, and put this intentional weakening of our nation to an end. Americans are crying out for a secure border. I cannot fix the national border, but I pledge to protect Massachusetts.